B4M mine
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Description
Vehicles equipped with this weapon
General info
The B4M is a French high-explosive (HE) ship-laid naval mine.
Effective damage
| Mine characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Mass | |
| Explosive mass (TNT eq.) | |
| HE max penetration | |
| Armour destruction radius | |
| Fragment dispersion radius |
This mine, being an underwater naval type, produces a strong high-explosive overpressure. Due to the ability to drop the mine on ground targets as a bomb, the steel casing can also contribute some shrapnel effect.
Comparison with analogues
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Usage in battles
The prescribed usage of this mine is against steel-hulled naval craft. As a mine, it can be laid in choke points, capture points or in front of advancing enemy ships. Direct hits aren't required to generate hits, but due to the fusing of the mine, it will explode if a ship is directly struck, dealing a large amount of damage. Note that this is a magnetic mine and wooden-hulled craft will most likely not set it off, so it is not effective against denying small craft access to capture points, for instance.
The mine can also be used as a bomb in Ground RB and Air AB/RB. This gives planes able to carry it extra damage potential.
Pros and cons
Pros:
- Can be used as a bomb against ground targets with good effectiveness
- Useful for trapping ships in various choke points
Cons:
- Being a naval mine, it requires a direct hit or near miss to detonate
History
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See also
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- reference to the article about the variant of the weapon;
- references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.
External links
- www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WAMFR_Mines.php
| Naval mines | |
|---|---|
| USA | Type A Mark I* |
| Germany | EMC · EMF · UDM-E |
| USSR | KB-1 pattern 1931 mine · KB-3 pattern 1940 · MIRAB · YAM-43 |
| Britain | Type M Mark I |
| Japan | Mk.6 mod1 · Type 93 mod1 |
| Italy | Bollo P.125/1932 · Bollo P.200/1936 |
| France | B4M |
| * = Aircraft-laid | |
